"Thank you very much!" Leander said happily upon hearing his request being approved. Michelle, however, felt a bit guilty. She was the one who had convinced Leander to change courses, and he was the one taking the reprimand. "[color=aba000]Um-[/color]" Michelle had been about to say before the headmaster spoke. Soon they were ushered out to go to their next class. 

As Leander and Michelle made their way to the Synchro class, Michelle said, "[color=aba000]Hey, um uh... I'm... sorry about the principal.[/color]"

Leander turned to looked at her, confused. "[color=fff79a]What are you talking about? We did what we went there to do,[/color]" Leander replied.

Michelle looked down at the ground, unable to face Leander. "[color=aba000]Yeah, but... it's my fault you were given that disapproving look from him, and his words too.[/color]"

"[color=fff79a]Oh, that? Don't sweat it. It's perfectly alright,[/color]" Leander dismissed Michelle's concerns. 

"[color=aba000]But-[/color]" Michelle tried to say before Leander cut her off. "[color=fff79a]It's fiiiine,[/color]" Leander said. "[color=fff79a]Besides, I had an answer ready for that old guy, and I would've said it too if we didn't have to go to class already.[/color]"

"[color=aba000]Really?[/color]" Michelle asked, curious. "[color=aba000]W-what was it?[/color]"

"[color=fff79a]Well, it was that my heart was telling me to leave Action Dueling to let my friends in my deck stay strong,[/color]" Leander answered, patting his Duel Disk. "[color=fff79a]It's one thing to face a Duelist who's a bad match for my deck, but it's another to knowingly go into a place where my Parshath friends will only suffer all the time. I can't do that to them.[/color]" Giving Michelle a grin, Leander continued, "[color=fff79a]So really, I have to thank you for telling me to change to Standard.[/color]" 

Upon hearing that, Michelle allowed a small smile to appear on her face. "[color=aba000]You're welcome,[/color]" Michelle said. 

"[color=fff79a]Oh yeah, where's the classroom?[/color]" Leander asked Michelle, returning to reality. 

"[color=aba000]What? I-I was following you,[/color]" Michelle answered. "[color=aba000]Hold on, let me check.[/color]" Pulling out her D-Ceiver, Michelle brought up a map for the classrooms. Tracing a path on the screen with a finger, she realized what they had done. "[color=aba000]We passed it by 6 rooms already![/color]" Michelle exclaimed.

"[color=fff79a]Then let's go![/color]" Leander said, laughing as he ran off and opened the door to the classroom. "[color=fff79a]We made it![/color]" he said cheerfully, walking in and taking a seat. Michelle merely sighed, disappointed in herself, and followed Leander in, looking around for a seat. While she was doing so, she spotted Tsukiko, who appeared to be arguing with... Vincent? Going over to them, Michelle asked the two, "[color=aba000]Is, um, everything alright?[/color]"